Success and failure are mixed, success and failure are half as good as prosperity and failure

Success and failure depend on people, gains and losses, gains and losses, right and wrong, small gains and losses

A blessing in disguise, how can one know? Not a blessing.

Misfortune lies on the back of blessing, and blessing lies on the back of misfortune.

When things go to extremes, they must be reversed.

Lebanon brings sorrow.

The gain outweighs the loss.

Small things lead to big losses.

Being greedy for petty gains will lead to big losses.

Disaster is a man’s true touchstone.

——Beaumont and Fletcher, "The Triumph of Honor"

Suffering tempers some people and destroys others.

——Fuller's "Wise Words"

Fire tests gold, and adversity tests the strong.

——Seneca's "On Providence"